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> It’s played on my mind many times over the years, how do you help someone in that scenario?

Acceptance? If he's clean, groomed, not bothering people, and OK with is life as it is, maybe there is room for him in society.

I think a lot of the problem stems from the fact that we all agree that "the homeless problem" should be solved, but we can't agree on what "the problem" is.

To some it's "I don't want to see and be bothered by homeless people"to others its "people are suffering needlessly" to others its "a wealthy nation like ours should be able to provide shelter to everyone" to others its some combination.

It's rare to hear a political plan to "solve homelessness" that addresses the people who want to be homeless.




How about hygiene? Where do you think they relieve themselves? How many times a day do you think they'll need to use a toilet and how many times do they find one? Hint: they don't really care. Source: experience living in SF.


I think you make a mistake by treating homeless people as an homogenous group.

See: https://conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/alexander-the-gr...

"ALEXANDER THE GRATE: So, one thing about food insecurity — everybody talks about that, but nobody mentions toilet insecurity. What comes in has got to go out, and that’s not readily . . . Before the Eisenhower Memorial, with a free restroom here — that’s back up by the resources by the way — the closest one to the area was at the Washington Monument, a mile away, basically."




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